“WHAT I OBJECT TO fundamentally in the scientistic worldview is that it conceives the objective universe to be unperceived and unperceivable.”
“THE GREATER THE DEPTH a science attains, the more it stands in need of metaphysical interpretation.”
“THE DIFFICULTIES AND INDEED PERPLEXITIES which beset us the moment we try to make philosophic sense out of the findings of quantum theory are caused, not just by the complexity and subtlety of the microworld, but first and foremost by an adhesion to certain false metaphysical premises, which have occupied a position of intellectual dominance since the time of René Descartes.”
“THE PHYSICISTS HAVE IT BACKWARDS: in reality it is not the function of particles to bestow being upon an aggregate, but rather to receive being from a substantial form.”
“QUANTUM PARADOX, it appears, is but Nature’s way of repudiating a spurious philosophy.”
“IN THE FINAL COUNT we are all metaphysicians, whether we admit to it or not; and I find it ironic that those who pretend to despise metaphysics, prove as a rule to be justified in respect to their own.”
THE VISION
Transform our civilization
The Philos-Sophia Initiative aims to facilitate a transformative impact upon our civilization through the recovery of the “vertical” aspect of cosmic reality, based upon the philosophical and scientific discoveries of Wolfgang Smith. The Initiative proposes a dynamic outreach — especially via innovative digital media — to minds profoundly committed to truth, inviting them to an encounter with a comprehensive worldview that integrates the fundamental discoveries of physics into the perennial wisdom of mankind.
THE NEED
Love of wisdom
There exists at present a glaring discrepancy between what the discipline known as “philosophy” was in ancient times, and what it has come to be in our day. Whereas the word itself signifies “love of wisdom,” even a cursory glance at a contemporary Department of Philosophy reveals precious little sophia in its ranks — what to speak of philos: of love! Yet the need for a veritable philos-sophia is with us still, and has in fact only been exacerbated by the pseudo-philosophical doctrines that have usurped its place. And neither science — much less the ubiquitous scientism which masquerades as such — can fill that pressing need. Nor, for that matter, can religion even in its highest form; for as history amply confirms: as our cosmos flattens, so as a rule do our faith and our theology.
THE MISSION
authentic philosophy & youth outreach
The mission of the Philos-Sophia Initiative shall be to promote the restitution of authentic philosophy, based upon the ontological resolution of the quantum reality problem. It is our hope, and indeed our expectation, that this rectification of the contemporary Weltanschauung — which connects our most fundamental science with the categories of authentic philosophy — will lead not only to a restitution of philosophy, but to new and as yet undreamed-of domains of scientific research as well. And finally: the Initiative intends to prioritize an outreach to the young designed to discover and promote philosophic talent wherever it may be found, ad majorem gloriam Dei.
